2000–01 Atalanta B.C. season

Atalanta B.C. returned to Serie A following a two-year absence, and immediately established itself on the top half of the table, finishing in 7th place. Coach Giovanni Vavassori was hailed as the main contributor to the success, having come from the youth side a couple of years before, first promoting the club, and then having such a successful inaugural Serie A campaign. Inter-owned Nicola Ventola scored ten league goals, enough to persuade Inter to take him back, and playmaker Cristiano Doni got his proper breakthrough as well. Experienced Massimo Carrera held the defence together, and was also widely praised, while goalkeeper Ivan Pelizzoli was signed by champions Roma.

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Ivan Pelizzoli
• Alberto Fontana
• Nicholas Caglioni
• Davide Pinato

Defenders

• Gianpaolo Bellini
• Massimo Carrera
• Stefano Lorenzi
• Massimo Paganin
• Fabio Rustico
• Sebastiano Siviglia
• Damiano Zenoni

Midfielders

• Daniele Berretta
• Massimo Donati
• Cristiano Doni
• Ljubiša Dunđerski
• Vinicio Espinal
• Fabio Gallo
• Domenico Morfeo
• Biagio Pagano
• Alex Pinardi
• Roberto Previtali
• Luciano Zauri
• Cristian Zenoni

Attackers

• Giacomo Banchelli
• Rolando Bianchi
• José Espinal
• Maurizio Ganz
• Marco Nappi
• Fausto Rossini
• Nicola Ventola

Serie A

Matches

• Atalanta-Lazio 2-2
• 0-1 Siniša Mihajlović (3)
• 1-1 Giuseppe Pancaro (21 og)
• 2-1 Cristian Zenoni (58)
• 2-2 Simone Inzaghi (73)
• Vicenza-Atalanta 1-2
• 1-0 Luca Toni (49)
• 1-1 Cristiano Doni (65)
• 1-2 Fausto Rossini (77)
• Bari-Atalanta 0-2
• 0-1 Fausto Rossini (52)
• 0-2 Nicola Ventola (56)
• Atalanta-Verona 3-0
• 1-0 Fausto Rossini (37)
• 2-0 Damiano Zenoni (45)
• 3-0 Nicola Ventola (90)
• Milan-Atalanta 3-3
• 0-1 Cristiano Doni (21)
• 1-1 Serginho (23)
• 1-2 Cristiano Doni (44 pen)
• 1-3 Fausto Rossini (45)
• 2-3 Oliver Bierhoff (49)
• 3-3 Andriy Shevchenko (64 pen)
• Atalanta-Brescia 2-0
• 1-0 Massimo Donati (16)
• 2-0 Nicola Ventola (90)
• Napoli-Atalanta 0-0
• Atalanta-Lecce 1-0
• 1-0 Maurizio Ganz (45)
• Parma-Atalanta 2-0
• 1-0 Sabri Lamouchi (19)
• 2-0 Sérgio Conçeicão (83)
• Atalanta-Perugia 0-0
• Bologna-Atalanta 0-1
• 0-1 Maurizio Ganz (83)
• Atalanta-Inter 0-1
• 0-1 Clarence Seedorf (63)
• Atalanta-Roma 0-2
• 0-1 Marco Delvecchio (1)
• 0-2 Damiano Tommasi (40)
• Reggina-Atalanta 1-0
• 1-0 Davide Dionigi (22)
• Atalanta-Fiorentina 0-0
• Udinese-Atalanta 2-4
• 0-1 Nicola Ventola (2)
• 0-2 Domenico Morfeo (4)
• 0-3 Nicola Ventola (21)
• 1-3 Andrea Sottil (35)
• 1-4 Domenico Morfeo (43)
• Atalanta-Juventus 2-1
• 0-1 Massimo Paganin (73 og)
• 1-1 Stefano Lorenzi (75)
• 2-1 Nicola Ventola (81)
• Lazio-Atalanta 0-0
• Atalanta-Vicenza 1-1
• 1-0 Nicola Ventola (40)
• 1-1 Vincenzo Sommese (70)
• Atalanta-Bari 0-0
• Verona-Atalanta 2-1
• 1-0 Emiliano Salvetti (11)
• 1-1 Cristiano Doni (42)
• 2-1 Emiliano Salvetti (90)
• Atalanta-Milan 1-1
• 0-1 Stefano Lorenzi (24 og)
• 1-1 Maurizio Ganz (63)
• Brescia-Atalanta 0-3
• 0-1 Maurizio Ganz (11)
• 0-2 Dario Hübner (45 og)
• 0-3 Maurizio Ganz (63)
• Atalanta-Napoli 1-1
• 0-1 Fabio Pecchia (38)
• 1-1 Cristiano Doni (69 pen)
• Lecce-Atalanta 0-2
• 0-1 Nicola Ventola (69)
• 0-2 Domenico Morfeo (79)
• Atalanta-Parma 0-1
• 0-1 Savo Milošević (28)
• Perugia-Atalanta 2-2
• 0-1 Nicola Ventola (25)
• 1-1 Giovanni Tedesco (34)
• 1-2 Cristiano Doni (70 pen)
• 2-2 Ahn Jung Hwan (90)
• Atalanta-Bologna 2-2
• 1-0 Nicola Ventola (48)
• 1-1 Giuseppe Signori (57)
• 2-1 Domenico Morfeo (66)
• 2-2 Giuseppe Signori (75)
• Inter-Atalanta 3-0
• 1-0 Christian Vieri (6)
• 2-0 Christian Vieri (9)
• 3-0 Álvaro Recoba (34)
• Roma-Atalanta 1-0
• 1-0 Vincenzo Montella (63)
• Atalanta-Reggina 1-1
• 1-0 Luciano Zauri (11)
• 1-1 Andrea Zanchetta (15)
• Fiorentina-Atalanta 1-1
• 1-0 Nuno Gomes (13)
• 1-1 Cristiano Doni (21 pen)
• Atalanta-Udinese 0-1
• 0-1 Roberto Muzzi (31)
• Juventus-Atalanta 2-1
• 1-0 David Trezeguet (5)
• 2-0 Alessio Tacchinardi (64)
• 2-1 Marco Nappi (84)

Topscorers

• Nicola Ventola 10
• Cristiano Doni 7
• Maurizio Ganz 5
• Domenico Morfeo 4
• Fausto Rossini 3

References